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ComScore (SCOR) and Nielsen are both market research and audience measurement businesses. They have a "panel" of independent internet users whose activities they monitor (with permission of course) and based on the internet usage of this panel, they publish broader internet measures like unique visitors, visits, page views, time spent etc. for most of the highly trafficked web sites on the

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This post was submitted by Laura Stevens of the Rosen Group. Dads, you're probably expecting a tie or a set of power tools this Father's Day. If you have enough of those already (or even if you don't), Kiplinger.com has a gift you'll really appreciate: stock picks in companies that cater to your tastes. Kiplinger’s Top 5 Stocks for Dad are: Diageo (DEO) This seller of such brands as Johnnie

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Malcolm Gladwell, the bestselling author of Blink and Tipping Point hits it out of the park again in his latest book, "Outliers".In this book, Gladwell explains the successes of successful people whom he calls Outliers and talks about how culture, opportunity and surrounding factors impact and contribute to these successes.He explains why the people of Rosetto, PA never died of sickness or

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The Twitterverse is getting larger by the minute and sites like Stocktwits are gaining strong popularity among financial bloggers. But amidst all the hoopla, it can get mighty difficult to weed out the noise and focus on the opinions that matter to you. My list of Twitter "friends" and followers is public information but if you want to know who I think is really worth following, check out my list

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Microsoft announced at E3 this week that the Zune Store will be offering video game downloads to the XBox 360 console thereby removing the middle-man (read GameStop). This is bad news for the video game retailer and comes on the heels of the Walmart announcement last month, that the giant retailer would be testing video game trade-in kiosks in 77 stores across some key markets in the east.

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The US Dollar has recovered over the last 8 months or so, partly due to the weakness in global markets and currencies and partly due to the decline in oil. Now that oil has moved much higher from its January lows, the dollar is starting to show signs of resuming its long-term downtrend.So why is the US Dollar in a long-term downtrend? Well the trade deficit is one reason. The second being the

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This market seems to come back strong after each small pull back. I believe the reasons for being bullish are:Too many bears out there questioning every rally. More bears is good for the bulls because that means more people can turn bullish and go long. This also means that those that are shorting this market willat some point, get squeezed out of their positions, propelling the markets even

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Financial bloggers, websites and tweeters have been quick to jump down Jeff Macke's throat in reaction to his disastrous appearance on CNBC earlier this week. Jeff has been a core part of CNBC's Fast Money and his humor and swagger has been refreshing to watch over the years. While its hard and probably wrong to speculate on what is going on with him, here is wishing him well.The disastrous

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It wasn't too long ago that Oil prices were at $35 a barrel and energy bears were betting on it hitting $20. But as I have pointed out time and again on this blog, oil, much like the rest of this market, does not trade rationally. Inventory, supply, demand - all these are a thing of the past. Today, markets don't care about these mundane concepts. They trade on speculation and at the mercy of

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United States Natural Gas Fund - UNGNatural Gas has been one of the hardest hit areas of the market, getting beaten down even worse than Oil, losing 80% of its value since July 2008. Earlier this week, natural gas futures hit their highest point in 3 months, indicating a recovery is in the works. Since hitting a new 52-week low of of under $13 just last month, United States Natural Gas Fund UNG

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On May 14th, I tweeted:Since then, Trina Solar is up 23%.Now I don't always have time for the "why" so I tweet some of my "Quick Picks". Now mind you, some of my picks won't work out so act responsibly and don't trade unless you are convinced. The Quick Picks are more of an idea rather than a trade so it should prompt you to look into the stock and do some analysis before you pull the trigger.If

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Jim Rogers recently spent an hour with Bloomberg. Key points from his interview:Stocks and Bonds are too risky and Jim wants to stay away.He likes commodities and specially agriculture, due to lack of farmers, farming and shortage of food and fertilizer.He thinks government should let banks go belly-up and stop flooding the market with dollars.Dollar is not a good currency to be in and neither is

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Google's Android OS is the hottest ever OS for mobile devices. In fact, over a handful of Android devices (some say as high as 20) are slated to launch this year alone from HTC, Sony, Samsung, and even Garmin. I have said this before but I truly believe that Android will be the single most commonly used platform on mobile devices in 2 years. Even cell phone makers local to China and Japan are

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Get The Wall Street Journal for 75% off!The markets are up really big since March. But while the S&P and Dow Jones are up 37% and 30% respectively, the Banking Index (BKX) is up 135%. Needless to say, a good amount of the upswing in the market has been caused by the Banking Index. Over the next few weeks, I think some of the other sectors look more attractive. If the market goes up, these sectors

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Get Cramer's best stock picks & his latest bestseller FREE. To learn how, CLICK HEREI realize this post is a couple of months late. Markets have rallied over 30% since March 9th, which was the lowest point in US equity markets in over 12 years. So I apologize to those that follow this blog for not getting this out sooner. Fact of the matter is that other priorities have taken over and it gets

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Isn't that the million dollar question? I mean the market has raced up some 35% since the beginning of March and the S&P is now positive for the year, after having hit 12 year lows less than 50 trading days ago. Here are just a few things to consider:This rally could be nothing but shorts covering. S&P index, represented by SPY, while above its 50 DMA is still below is 200 DMA. Failure of the 50

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Google reports earnings after the market close today, a report that has been highly anticipated by the investing public. Gearing up for this earnings release, analysts have both lowered and upped their estimates. Regardless of what happens, I believe that prudent investors should take some profits considering that the stock has run up over 30% over the last 3 months. Google's search market share

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I admire Jim Cramer. He is loud, he is obnoxious and his picks may be off sometimes, but he puts on a good show, has a loyal following, has a successful financial website and has authored at least 4 books and counting.I used to listen to his radio show a few years back, watched him on Kudlow & Cramer on CNBC, and then watched his TV show (Mad Money) for the first few months. One of the things

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A friend of mine asked me recently:"Would do you think of Citibank's stock. I understand the current situation of the finance sector, but what do you think of Citibank?"This is not the first time someone has asked me. A cousin of mine told me he bought Citibank at $5 and I told him it was a mistake. The next day, the stock was at $6, and he called me to gloat. Of course, a month later, the stock

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The economy has affected all sectors of the world economy and there is not a single area that has not felt the pain. Retail, autos, health-care, finance, non-profit, government, manufacturing, services, consumer staples - all have suffered in some form or another. One of the areas hit hardest is Media. Anyone affiliated with media agencies, service providers, newspapers, television and radio

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The following comic strips demonstrate perfectly the economic and financial environment we are in.-- Faisal Laljee

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It is no surprise that Chrysler, GM and Ford F – the former Big 3, now the “Barely Surviving 3”, keep reporting abysmal sales month after month, while mounting their losses into the billions. Their stocks are at levels not seen since the 1970’s, and speculation about their survival occupies many headlines across the media spectrum. If one were to bet on one of these three to make it out of this

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The first part of this post was published last month. Please click here to see the Top Stocks to Buy in 2009 - Part 1. As I said before, these lists are guides for you to do your own research. We are living in a particularly horrible time for stocks, so please do NOT go out and buy these picks blindly. Wait for the market to have a couple of bad days before you buy some and as much as possible,

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On the subject of economics and financial markets, Jim Rogers is one of the few people that I really like listening to. Whether it is the US economy or other parts of the world, Jim Rogers, believes that bailing out failed institutions with money from successful ones is not good economics. I agree with that notion as would most people. The problem we face though is that the failed institutions in

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If you are like me, you must be annoyed at the price of oil. From $145 to $35 in 6 months with no major event. If anything, the Israel attack on Gaza and the production cuts would drive oil the other way. Some argue recession and a lack of demand from China and India, but such things don't change over night.The real reason for this move is speculation. Oil should not have been at $145 to begin

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